Methods for performing network configuration on apparatus and network configuration systems are provided. The method includes: receiving a network configuration request sent by a network configuration application, wherein the network configuration request includes hotspot information of an online hotspot; generating a hotspot switching command based on the network configuration request; and sending the hotspot switching command to an apparatus needing network configuration through a network configuration hotspot, to make the apparatus switch a hotspot that the apparatus currently connects to from the network configuration hotspot to the online hotspot.